Pawprint Images by Sharon Stokes

Thursday, May 17, 2012

A little Bit Of News

Posted in Central Coast Children's Photography, Central Coast Pet Photographer, Central Coast Photographer, Information, Personal

I thought I should share with you something that is going on behind the scenes here at Pawprint Images.

Being a photographer, specifically a pet photographer, has been a dream of mine for a very long time, and I am so privileged to having been living that dream for the lsat 20 months.

Going forward I plan to continue living my dream of being a pet photographer, capturing the essence and the relationships of the pets I photograph and their families.

Families – that is the key word in my little bit of news

You may have noticed that there are more children featuring on my blog lately. This is because, essentially, pets are part of families and I wish to offer my services to all members of the families I photograph for. There are also families without pets who would like me to capture their relationships and memories.

With this in mind and in order to expand my services, over the next few months I will be changing over from Pawprint Images to Sharon Stokes photography.

I am still meand I will still be offering the same quality of service to pets, but now also to Families. So it’s all good news!

Thank you to all my clients for trusting me to capture images of your pets and now your children too. I hope you will all continue with me on this journey.

Because every blog post from a photographer should contain pictures, this is what my Family did last weekend….

Pawprint Images - Sharon stokes Photography

We went racing! See that red car above? That car is being driven at about 200 kph by my very brave husband, Brenden. Yep he got to drive a V8 Supercar, you could not wipe the grin of his face. Brenden got to drive 6 laps at Eastern Creek Raceway, with Fastrack Racing, what did he say when he got out of the car? “I wish I had booked 10 laps!” This would come as no surprise to any of you that know Brenden, he is a bit of a speed freak.

But wait there is more…..

Pawprint Images - Sharon Stokes Photography

that yellow car?…that car is being driven by a professional race car driver…but that passenger..that is ME!!! (of course I did not take the photograph of my car, Brenden took these two shots)

Let me tell you, those cars are FAST and they stick like glue to the race track. Oh and 200kph, yep, I did thatIt was AWESOME!!! If you get the chance you should defiantly do this, did I tell you it’s awesome? Well it is!

Thank you to Brenden’s parents for the original gift to Brenden, and thanks Brenden for leaving your wallet with me at the sign in desk

S.

Posted in Central Coast Children's Photography, Central Coast Pet Photographer, Central Coast Photographer, Information, Personal

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Introducing – Baby Leo

Posted in Central Coast Children's Photography, Central Coast Photographer, Newborn Photography

Just recently Baby Leo dropped into the studio for his very own Newborn portrait session.

Pawprint Images - Baby Leo

Leo is just 2 weeks old and already a starHe was such a well behaved little man and we had so much fun.

Thanks to Leo’s Mum and Grandmother for bringing him into the studio. I am looking forward to watching this little guy grow up.

I also met Leo’s big ‘sister’ Peach last night, she is a very sweet little Foxie who is oh so interested in her new brother

S.

Posted in Central Coast Children's Photography, Central Coast Photographer, Newborn Photography

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Friday, May 11, 2012

Beautiful Beasties – Project 52 – Focus (19/52)

Posted in Adoption Dogs, Beautiful Beasties, Central Coast Pet Photographer, Central Coast Photographer, Dogs, Gosford Dog Paws, Pet Photography, Project 52

Beautiful Beasties is an international network of professional pet photographers, of which I am very privileged to be a part of. Within the network a group was formed for photographers who wanted to participate in a project, a 52 week project. Each week a theme is chosen and posted, then we all go out and take a photograph or series of photographs to fit the theme, then we all post onto our own websites and form a ring by linking all the websites. That means you can look at my images and then follow the links all over the world to see what other pet photographers are capturing.

Week 19′s theme is – Focus – “You can interpret that any way you wish! Whether it’s about where your camera is focused, what your pet is focused on, or what you’re trying to get the viewer to focus on.”

I love this theme! I have ‘focussed’ on my favourite aspect of ‘focus’ – selective focus. As a pet photographer getting the focus right is important and most of the time the point of focus is the animals eyes.

Fox (available for adoption through Gosford Dog Paws) was a difficult subject for this as his scruffy hair blocks his eyes, so I had to get my angle just right to avoid his hair and get the focus spot right on his eye…

Pawprint Images Project 52 Focus

But, I also love to focus on just the dogs nose, each dogs nose is unique, they come in all colours and sizes and to a dog they are super importantA dogs nose is so much a part of his or her personality…

Pawprint Images Project 52 Focus

Well that was my take on ‘focus’ this week, but there are plenty of ways to interpret the theme, so follow the blog ring around and see how the other pet photographers have focussed on this weeks theme, starting with, Fort McMurray Pet Photographer, KLAD Photography.

S.

Posted in Adoption Dogs, Beautiful Beasties, Central Coast Pet Photographer, Central Coast Photographer, Dogs, Gosford Dog Paws, Pet Photography, Project 52

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